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GPs Breach Code For Delayed Diagnosis Of Woman’s Oesophageal Cancer 20HDC02065
Monday, 25 September 2023, 3:10 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A doctor at a medical centre breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for the delayed diagnosis of a woman’s metastatic oesophageal cancer. The woman, in her sixties at the time, attended consultations ... More >>
Doctor Breaches Code For Not Ordering ECG And Blood Test For Woman Presenting With Chest Pain 20HDC02183
Monday, 25 September 2023, 3:10 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A doctor at a medical centre breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for not ordering an ECG and blood test for a woman with chest pain. The woman, in her eighties at the time, presented to the doctor ... More >>
Capital And Coast DHB Breached Code For Inadequate Postoperative Care Following Man’s Eye Surgery
Monday, 18 September 2023, 2:01 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley) breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for poor postoperative care following a man’s eye surgery. Unfortunately, ... More >>
GP Who Delayed Advising Man Of Prostate Cancer Results Breaches Code
Monday, 18 September 2023, 1:58 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for his delays in advising the results of a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to his patient. The man, who ... More >>
New Animated Video Promotes The Rights Of People Using Health And Disability Services
Saturday, 16 September 2023, 5:54 am | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Friday 15 September 2023 "I Aotearoa nei, ka whiwhi ana tātou i te tauwhiro hauora, tauwhiro hauā rānei, he mōtika tō tātou kia whakautea, ā, he mōtika hoki tō tātou kia kōrero ina kore e whakautea mai" The Health and Disability ... More >>
Retirement Village Care Centre In Breach Of Code For Care Of A Woman Near The End Of Her Life
Monday, 11 September 2023, 2:03 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Edmund Hillary Retirement Village (EHVR) has breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) over the care provided to an elderly woman near the end of her life. Visiting hospice nurses identified that the woman ... More >>
Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti Breaches Code For Inadequate Care Provided To An Elderly Man
Monday, 11 September 2023, 2:00 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti (formerly Tairāwhiti District Health Board ) breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for inadequate care provided to an elderly man. The man, who was in in eighties at the ... More >>
Disability Services Breached Code For Treatment Of A Woman With Complex Mental Health Needs
Monday, 4 September 2023, 2:12 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A disability service has breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for its treatment of a woman with complex mental health needs. The woman, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2016, and had a complex ... More >>
Auckland DHB Breached The Code After A Surgical Instrument Was Left In A Woman’s Abdomen
Monday, 4 September 2023, 2:01 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Auckland District Health Board (DHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland) breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) when a surgical instrument was left in a woman’s abdomen after a Caesarean section (C-section). ... More >>
GP Breaches Code For Mismanagement Of Melanoma Diagnosis
Monday, 4 September 2023, 1:58 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a locum GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) in his management of a man’s melanoma diagnosis. Deborah James found the GP breached Right 4(1) of ... More >>
Failure To Obtain Informed Consent For Procedure During Labour
Monday, 28 August 2023, 2:06 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a registered midwife breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to obtain a woman’s consent for a procedure during ... More >>
Doctor Breaches Code In Care Of Woman With Varicose Veins
Monday, 28 August 2023, 2:04 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A doctor who specialises in vein treatment breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for failing to act after a complication that led to a woman having both lower legs amputated. The woman, in her seventies, ... More >>
Waitaki District Health Service Limited, A Doctor And Two Nurses Breached The Code Following The Death Of A Baby
Monday, 28 August 2023, 2:02 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Waitaki District Health Service Limited (WDHSL), a doctor and two nurses breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) following the death of a baby with meningococcal septicaemia. The baby arrived at Oamaru Hospital, ... More >>
CT Scan Results Missed On Discharge Summary C21HDC00619
Monday, 21 August 2023, 5:52 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A report by Deputy Commissioner Carolyn Cooper has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code). A woman in her 60s presented to ED at a public hospital following an injury. After an x-ray and ... More >>
Error In Colostomy Surgery Breaches The Code
Monday, 14 August 2023, 2:01 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a consultant general surgeon breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code). The breach concerns the care of a man with a spinal fracture who was partially tetraplegic ... More >>
Canterbury DHB And A Physician Breached Code For Delaying The Diagnosis Of A Man’s Lung Cancer
Monday, 14 August 2023, 1:58 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury) and a physician breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for delaying the diagnosis of a man’s lung cancer. The man presented ... More >>
Counties Manukau DHB Breached The Code For Delays In Woman’s Eye Treatment
Monday, 7 August 2023, 2:07 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner, Dr Vanessa Caldwell, has found Counties Manukau District Health Board (DHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code). The breach ... More >>
Taranaki DHB Breaches Code For Failing To Provide Appropriate Standard Of Service To A Pregnant Woman With Diabetes
Monday, 7 August 2023, 2:03 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Taranaki District Health Board (DHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Taranaki) breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for failing to provide an appropriate standard of care to a pregnant woman with diabetes. The ... More >>
Two Registered Midwives And Nelson Marlborough DHB Breach Code For Failing To Provide Appropriate Maternity Services
Monday, 7 August 2023, 1:58 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Two registered midwives (RMs) and Nelson Marlborough District Health Board (DHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough) breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide a woman and her baby ... More >>
Nelson Marlborough DHB And Springlands Lifestyle Village Breached The Code In Management Of Man’s Wound Care
Monday, 31 July 2023, 2:08 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Aged Care Commissioner, Carolyn Cooper, has found Springlands Lifestyle Village (Springlands) and Nelson Marlborough District Health Board (DHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough) breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s ... More >>
